Tie liner and method of making the same



April 29, 1930. J. v. MOORE TIE LINER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed June 18, 1928 Patented Apr. 29, 1930 I UNITED STATS JOHN V. MOORE, OE PAWTUGKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO MOORE FABRIC COM- PANY, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE; ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND TIE LINER AND METHOD MAKING THE SAME Application filed June 18,

This invention relates to a liner for neckties and to an improved method of making the same.

It is the general-object of my invention to 5 provide a tie liner which is woven and processed to the desired shape and outline, and which possesses the necessary resilience to resist permanent creasing or folding.

A further object is to provide a liner of varying width but having full selvage edges at all points, said edges being preferably of increased thickness.

In the preferred form, my improved liner also has a thickened and more substantial middle portion.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved liner; and

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional elevation, taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, my improved tie liner is preferably woven to shape on a narrow ware loom, the end portions 10 and 11 being relatively wide, and the band portion being relatively narrow.

The liner may be conveniently woven in a narrow ware loom having a fan reed, by which the width of the fabric may be varied as the weave progresses, and I also preferably provide means by which the number of picks of filling per inch may be varied directly with the width of the liner. That is,

as the width of the liner increases, the numher of picks of filling per inch also increases, thus providing greater stiffness in the wider parts of the tie liner.

The fabric may be formed of any suitable material but I find it satisfactory to use a weft of hard twisted worsted yarn and a warp of hard cotton yarn, the warp threads preferably being alternately reversed in twist across the width of the fabric. This reversal of twist balances the shrinkage and prevents the shrunken and finished liner from receiving a curvilinear set.

The particular weave of the fabric may be widely varied and in itself forms no part of my present invention. Preferably the selvage edge portions 14 are of increased 1928. Serial No. 286,432.

thickness, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the middle portion 16 may also desirably be of increased thickness. This increased thickness may be produced in any convenient man'- nor as by forming the edge and middle portions of two ply construction and the intermediate portions of single plv construction.

After forming my improved tie liner by weaving the same to shape ina narrow ware loom, the liner is completed by a process of shrinking and finishing by which the length of the liner may be very substantially reduced while at the same time the'thickness and resilience of the liner is correspondingly increased. It is common practice in the manufacture of my improved liner to weave the liner from two to three times as long as the finished product, thereafter shrinking the same to thirty or forty per cent of the original length.

- This excessive shrinkage renders the liner highly elastic .and also gives it such body and resilience that it satisfactorily resists permanent creasing or folding while in use in a necktie. The warp and weft threads used in weaving the fabric are commonly nonelastic in themselves, but the fabric acquires elasticity in the shrinking and finishing process, which is ordinarily carried out by immersing in hot water or some chlorine solution.

The provision of thicker edges and a thickened middle portion increases the apparent substance of the liner, while the thinner intermediate portions reduce the bulk thereof and also reduce the amount of material used in making the liner.

The tie liner may be formed of single ply fabric, or the middle and edge portions may be two ply or multi-ply while the intermediate portions remain single ply. The worsted weft gives snap or life to the liner, while the shrunken hard twisted cotton warp gives lengthwise resilience.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is 1. An integral woven tie liner having a narrow band portion and broader end portions, and having two full selvage edge portions, the middle and selvae'e portions being of integral increased thickness and being separated by material of less thickness.

2. An integral Woven tie liner having a narrow band portionand broader end portions, and having two full selvage edge portions, said liner being inherently elastic when finished and being woven of warp threads of hard twisted cotton-'an'dof weft and said single piece of material being woven with longitudinal portions of less thickness adjacent the integral selvage edge portions of said liner.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af-l fixed my signature.

7 JOHN V. MOORE. 

